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The year 2010 in archosaur paleontology was eventful. Archosaurs include the only living dinosaur group — birds — and the reptile crocodilians, plus all extinct dinosaurs, extinct crocodilian relatives, and pterosaurs. Archosaur palaeontology is the scientific study of those animals, especially as they existed before the Holocene Epoch began about 11,700 years ago. The year 2010 in paleontology included various significant developments regarding archosaurs.

This article records new taxa of fossil archosaurs of every kind that have been described during the year 2010, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that occurred in the year 2010.

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Baurusuchus albertoi^[1]	Valid	Nascimento Zaher	Turonian/Santonian	Adamantina Formation	Brazil
Crocodylus anthropophagus^[2]	Valid	Brochu Njau et al.^{[CAL 1]}	Plio-Pleistocene		Tanzania	A horned crocodile that preyed on early hominids
Cerrejonisuchus^[3]	Valid	Hastings Bloch et al.^{[CAL 2]}	Paleocene	Cerrejón Formation	Colombia	A short-snouted dyrosaurid which had a generalist feeding strategy. It grew to lengths of about 7 feet.
Diplocynodon elavericus^[4]	Valid	Martin	Late Eocene		France
Eoneustes^[5]	Valid	Young Brusatte Ruta de Andrade	Bathonian		France	A new genus for "Teleidosaurus" gaudryi (Collot, 1905). "Metriorhynchus" bathonicus (Mercier, 1933) is a second species of Eoneustes.
Gracilineustes^[5]	Valid	Young Brusatte Ruta de Andrade	Callovian/Kimmeridgian	Oxford Clay	France England	A new genus for "Metriorhynchus" leedsi (Andrews, 1913). "Metriorhynchus" acutus (Lennier, 1887) is a second species of Gracilineustes.
Krabisuchus^[6]	Valid	Martin Lauprasert	Late Eocene		Thailand	An early alligatorine.
Pakasuchus^[7]	Valid	O’Connor Sertich et al.^{[CAL 3]}	Albian		Tanzania
Pravusuchus^[8]	Valid	Stocker	Norian	Chinle Formation	USA	A phytosaur.
Stagonolepis olenkae^[9]	Valid	Sulej	Late Carnian	Krasiejów deposits	Poland
Theriosuchus sympiestodon^[10]	Valid	Martin Rabi Csiki	Maastrichtian	Haţeg Basin	Romania	Originally described as a species of Theriosuchus; Tennant, Mannion & Upchurch (2016) transferred it to the genus Sabresuchus.^[11]
Torvoneustes^[12]	Valid	Andrade Young et al.^{[CAL 4]}	Kimmeridgian	Kimmeridge Clay	UK	A new genus for "Dakosaurus" carpenteri (Wilkinson et al., 2008)
Tsoabichi^[13]	Valid	Brochu	Eocene (Wasatchian)	Green River Formation	USA	An early caiman.

Newly named basal dinosauriforms

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Asilisaurus^[14]	Valid	Nesbitt Sidor et al.^{[CAL 5]}	Anisian	Manda Beds	Tanzania	A silesaurid, and the oldest known ornithodire.

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

A new family of allosauroid theropods, Neovenatoridae, is published by Benson, Carrano, and Brusatte.^[15]
A new family of tyrannosauroid theropods, Proceratosauridae is published by Rauhut, Milner and Moore-Fay.^[16]

62 new genera and additional 2 new species have been described in 2010.

Name	Status	Authors	Discovery year	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Aardonyx^[17]	Valid	Yates Bonnan et al.^{[CAL 6]}		Hettangian	Elliot Formation	South Africa	A facultively quadrupedal prosauropod which displays transitional characters connecting more primitive obligate bipedal forms with the more derived obligative quadrupedal sauropodomorphs.
Abydosaurus^[18]	Valid	Chure Britt et al.^{[CAL 7]}		Albian	Cedar Mountain Formation	USA	A narrow toothed brachiosaurid whose remains include the first known cranial material of any Cretaceous sauropod from the Americas.
Ajkaceratops^[19]	Valid	Ösi Butler Weishampel		Santonian	Csehbánya Formation	Hungary	A coronosaurian ceratopsian.
Archaeoceratops yujingziensis^[20]	Valid	You Tanque Dodson		?Aptian–Albian	Xinminpu Group	China	A second species of Archaeoceratops.
Arkharavia^[21]	Nomen Dubium	Alifanov Bolotsky		Maastrichtian	Udurchukan Formation	Russia	A Somphospondylan Sauropod known only from a single weakly heterocoelous tail vertebrae. Heterocoelous vertebrae are those where the centrum or body of a vertebra has saddle-shaped surface where it meets the vertebrae both in front and behind it.
Atsinganosaurus^[22]	Valid	Garcia Amico et al.^{[CAL 8]}		Late Cretaceous	Grès à Reptiles Formation	France	A titanosaur
Austrocheirus^[23]	Valid	Ezcurra Agnolin Novas	2002^[23]	Maastrichtian	Pari Aike Formation	Argentina	A basal abelisauroid
Banji^[24]	Valid	Xu Han		Maastrichtian	Nanxiong Formation	China	An oviraptorid known from a skull with a striated crest.
Barilium^[25]	Valid	Norman		Early Valanginian	Wealden Group	England	A new genus for "Iguanodon" dawsoni (Lydekker, 1888).
Beishanlong^[26]	Valid	Makovicky Li et al.^{[CAL 9]}		Aptian-Albian	Xinminpu Group	China	A giant ornithomimosaur.
Bistahieversor^[27]	Valid	Carr Williamson		Campanian	Kirtland Formation	USA	A 30-foot tyrannosauroid known from the remains of both adults and juveniles. Previously considered a species of Daspletosaurus.
Blasisaurus^[28]	Valid	Cruzado-Caballero Pereda-Suberbiola Ruiz-Omeñaca		Late Maastrichtian	Arén Formation	Spain	A lambeosaurine hadrosaurid
Bolong^[29]	Valid	Wu Godefroit Hu		Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	An iguanodontoid
Chromogisaurus^[30]	Valid	Ezcurra		Late Triassic	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A guaibasaurid sauropodomorph
Chuxiongosaurus^[31]	Valid	Lü Kobayashi et al.^{[CAL 10]}		Early Jurassic	Lower Lufeng Formation	China	A prosauropod.
Coahuilaceratops^[32]	Valid	Loewen Sampson et al.^{[CAL 11]}		Early Maastrichtian	Cerro Huerta Formation	Mexico	A chasmosaurine ceratopsid with the largest horns of any dinosaur currently known.^[33]
Concavenator^[34]	Valid	Ortega Escaso Sanz		Barremian	Calizas de La Huérguina Formation	Spain	A carcharodontosaurid with a pointed, hump-like crest near the hips and bumps on the ulnae that may be quill knobs.
Cruxicheiros^[35]	Valid	Benson Radley	early 1960s^[35]	Lower Bathonian	Chipping Norton Formation	UK	A large basal tetanuran known from scant remains.
Diabloceratops^[36]	Valid	Kirkland DeBlieux		Middle Campanian	Wahweap Formation	USA	A centrosaurine ceratopsid.
Duriatitan^[37]	Valid	Barrett Benson Upchurch		Late Jurassic	Kimmeridge Clay Formation	UK	A titanosauriform sauropod
Fruitadens^[38]	Valid	Butler Galton et al.^{[CAL 12]}	late 1970s^[38]	Lower Tithonian	Morrison Formation	USA	A heterodontosaurid and the smallest known ornithischian dinosaur.
Fukuititan^[39]	Valid	Azuma Shibata		Barremian	Kitadani Formation	Japan	A titanosauriform sauropod.
Geminiraptor^[40]	Valid	Senter Kirkland et al.^{[CAL 13]}		?lower Barremian	Cedar Mountain Formation	USA	A troodontid.
Glishades^[41]	Valid	Prieto-Márquez		Campanian	Two Medicine Formation	USA	A basal hadrosauroid
Haplocheirus^[42]	Valid	Choiniere Xu et al.^{[CAL 14]}	2004^[43]	Oxfordian	Shishugou Formation	China	The most primitive known alvarezsauroid.
Hippodraco^[44]	Valid	McDonald Kirkland et al.^{[CAL 15]}		Upper Barremian-lowermost Aptian	Cedar Mountain Formation	USA	A basal iguanodontian
Hypselospinus^[25]	Valid	Norman		Early Valanginian	Wealden Group	England	A new genus for "Iguanodon" fittoni (Lydekker, 1889).
Ignavusaurus^[45]	Junior synonym of Massospondylus	Knoll		Hettangian	Elliot Formation	Lesotho	Originally interpreted as a distinct basal sauropodomorph, but now appears to be a misidentified juvenile Massospondylus specimen.
Iguanacolossus^[44]	Valid	McDonald Kirkland et al.^{[CAL 15]}		?lower Barremian	Cedar Mountain Formation	USA	A basal iguanodontian
Jeyawati^[46]	Valid	Mcdonald Wolfe Kirkland		Turonian	Moreno Hill Formation	USA	Basal hadrosauroid.
Kayentavenator^[47]	Valid	Gay		Sinemurian/Pliensbachian	Kayenta Formation	USA	A basal tetanuran
Kileskus^[48]	Valid	Averianov Krasnolutskii Ivantsov		Bathonian	Itat Formation	Russia	A tyrannosauroid
Kosmoceratops^[49]	Valid	Sampson Loewen et al.^{[CAL 16]}		Late Campanian	Kaiparowits Formation	USA	A chasmosaurine ceratopsid.
Kukufeldia^[50]	Valid	McDonald Barrett Chapman	1848	Barremian	Wealden Formation	UK	A basal iguanodont, formerly classified as Iguanodon anglicus	ñ
Linheraptor^[51]	Valid	Xu Choinere et al.^{[CAL 17]}		Campanian	Bayan Mandahu Formation	China	A dromaeosaurid
Liubangosaurus^[52]	Valid	Mo Xu Buffetaut		Early Cretaceous	Xinlong Formation	China	A eusauropod.
Machairasaurus^[53]	Valid	Longrich Currie Dong		Late Cretaceous	Bayan Mandahu Formation	China	An ingeniine oviraptorid.
Medusaceratops^[54]	Valid	Ryan Russell Hartman		Campanian	Judith River Formation	USA	A ceratopsid dinosaur. Initially considered to be a member of Chasmosaurinae, subsequently reinterpreted as a member of Centrosaurinae.^[55]
Mojoceratops^[56]	Valid	Longrich		Late Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	A long-horned chasmosaurine ceratopsid.
Ojoceratops^[57]	Valid	Sullivan Lucas		Late Cretaceous	Ojo Alamo Formation	USA	A chasmosaurine ceratopsid.
Paludititan^[58]	Valid	Csiki Codrea et al.^{[CAL 18]}		Maastrichtian	Haţeg Basin	Romania	A titanosaur
Panamericansaurus^[59]	Valid	Calvo Porfiri		Campanian-Maastrichtian	Allen Formation	Argentina	An aeolosaurini titanosaur
Pneumatoraptor^[60]	Valid	Ősi Apesteguía Kowalewski		Santonian	Csehbánya Formation	Hungary	A small bird-like paravian estimated to reach slightly more than two feet in length.
Proplanicoxa^[61]	Valid	Carpenter Ishida		Late Barremian	Wessex Formation	England	A basal iguanodont
Psittacosaurus gobiensis^[62]	Valid	Sereno Zhao Tan		Lower Cretaceous	Bayan Gobi Formation	China	A ninth or eleventh species of Psittacosaurus.
Rahiolisaurus^[63]	Valid	Novas Chatterjee et al.^{[CAL 19]}		Maastrichtian	Lameta Formation	India	An abelisaurid
Rubeosaurus^[64]	Valid	McDonald Horner		Campanian	Two Medicine Formation	USA	A new genus for "Styracosaurus" ovatus Gilmore, 1930.
Sanjuansaurus^[65]	Valid	Alcober Martinez		Late Carnian	Ischigualasto Formation	Argentina	A herrerasaurid
Seitaad^[66]	Valid	Sertich Loewen	2005^[67]	Pleinsbachian	Navajo Sandstone	USA	A basal sauropodomorph
Sellacoxa^[61]	Valid	Carpenter Ishida		Early Valanginian	Wealden Group	England	A basal iguanodont
Sinoceratops^[68]	Valid	Xu Wang et al.^{[CAL 20]}		Upper Cretaceous	Wangshi Group	China	A basal centrosaurine.
Tatankaceratops^[69]	Valid	Ott Larson		Maastrichtian	Hell Creek Formation	USA	A chasmosaurine ceratopsid.
Texacephale^[70]	Valid	Longrich Sankey Tanke		Upper Campanian	Aguja Formation	USA	A basal pachycephalosaur.
Tianyuraptor^[71]	Valid	Zheng Xu et al.^{[CAL 21]}		Early Cretaceous	Yixian Formation	China	A short-armed dromaeosaurid.
Tonganosaurus^[72]	Valid	Li Yang et al.^{[CAL 22]}		Early Jurassic	Yimen Formation	China	A mamenchisaurid sauropod.
Torilion^[61]	Junior synonym	Carpenter Ishida		Mid Valanginian	Wadhurst Clay	England	Junior synonym of Barilium
Utahceratops^[49]	Valid	Sampson Loewen et al.^{[CAL 16]}		Late Campanian	Kaiparowits Formation	USA	A chasmosaurine ceratopsid.
Vagaceratops^[49]	Valid	Sampson Loewen et al.^{[CAL 16]}		Late Campanian	Dinosaur Park Formation	Canada	A chasmosaurine ceratopsid. A new genus for "Chasmosaurus" irvinensis Holmes et al., 2001.
Wadhurstia^[61]	Junior synonym	Carpenter Ishida		Early Valanginian	Wadhurst Clay	England	Junior synonym of Hypselospinus
Willinakaqe^[73]	Valid	Juárez Valieri Haro et al.^{[CAL 23]}		late Campanian-early Maastrichtian	Allen Formation	Argentina	Second hadrosauroid from South America.
Xiongguanlong^[74]	Valid	Li Norell et al.^{[CAL 24]}		Aptian–Albian	Xinminpu Group	China	A longirostrine tyrannosauroid.
Xixianykus^[75]	Valid	Xu Wang et al.^{[CAL 25]}		Campanian	Majiacun Formation	China	A parvicursorine.
Xixiasaurus^[76]	Valid	Lü Xu et al.^{[CAL 26]}		Campanian	Majiacun Formation	China	A troodontid.
Xixiposaurus^[77]	Valid	Sekiya		Lower Jurassic	Lower Lufeng Formation	China	A prosauropod.
Zhuchengceratops^[78]	Valid	Xu Wang et al.^{[CAL 27]}		Upper Cretaceous	Wangshi Group	China	A leptoceratopsid.
Zuolong^[79]	Valid	Choiniere Clark et al.^{[CAL 28]}		Oxfordian	Shishugou Formation	China	Basal coelurosaur

Newly named birds

Name	Status	Novelty	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Agapornis atlanticus ^[80]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Cécile Mourer-Chauviré Denis Geraads	Late Pliocene	Ahl al Oughlam	Morocco	A Psittacidae, a lovebird.
Ankonetta larriestrai ^[81]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Marcos M. Cenizo Federico L. Agnolín	Early or Middle Miocene	Santa Cruz Formation	Argentina	A basal member of Anatidae. This is type species of the new genus.
Aquila bullockensis ^[82]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Priscilla Gaff Walter E. Boles	Middle Miocene	Bullock Creek	Australia: Northern Territory	An Accipitridae, the oldest Aquila species is in Australia.
Balaur bondoc ^[83]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Csiki Vremir et al.^{[CAL 29]}	Late Cretaceous: Maastrichtian	Sebeş Formation	Romania	A four-toed, two-fingered avialian.
Bauxitornis mindszentyae ^[84]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Gareth J. Dyke Attila Ősi	Santonian	Csehbánya Formation	Hungary	An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman & Paul, 1985. This is the type species of the new genus.
?Borvocarbo tardatus ^[85]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Ursula B. Göhlich Cécile Mourer-Chauviré	Early Miocene	MN 4c	Germany: Bavaria	A Phalacrocoracoidea, Pelecaniformes, possibly a species of Borvocarbo.
Camptodontus yangi ^[86]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Li Li En-pu Gong Li-dong Zhang Ya-jun Yang Lian-hai Hou	Early Cretaceous	Aptian, Jiufotang Formation	China	An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Longipterygidae Zhang, Zhou, Hou et Gu, 2000, this is the type species of the new genus.
Carduelis aurelioi ^[87]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Carlos Rando Josep A. Alcover Juan C. Illera	Late Pleistocene to Holocene		Spain: Canary Islands	A Fringillidae, Carduelinae.
Celericolius acriala ^[88]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Daniel T. Ksepka Julia A. Clarke	Eocene		USA: Wyoming	A Coliidae, a species of Coliidae. This is the type species of the new genus.
Confuciusornis jianchangensis ^[89]	Disputed	Sp. nov.	Li Li Wang Jing-qi Hou Shi-lin	Aptian	Jiufotang Formation	China	A species of Confuciusornis known from a single skeleton. Considered to be a junior synonym of Confuciusornis sanctus by Wang, O'Connor & Zhou (2018).^[90]
Corvus harkanyensis ^[91]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jenő Kessler	Late Pliocene	MN 15-16	Hungary	A new species of Corvus, Corvidae.
Cuculus pannonicus ^[91]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jenö Kessler	Late Miocene; Late Pliocene	MN 13; MN 16	Hungary	A new species of Cuculus, Cuculidae.
Cyrilavis ^[92]	Valid	Gen. nov.	Larry D. Martin	Early Eocene	Green River Formation	USA: Wyoming; UK: England	A new genus with Primobucco olsoni Feduccia et Martin, 1976. as the type species.
Dasornis abdoun ^[93]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Estelle Bourdon	Early Eoceen	Ypresian	Morocco	An Odontopterygiformes. Dasornis Owen, 1870. The type species is Dasornis londinensis Owen, 1870.
Eozygodactylus americanus ^[94]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Ilka Weidig	Eocene Wasatchian	Green River Formation	USA: Wyoming	A Zygodactylidae Brodkorb, 1971, ?Piciformes, this is the type species of the new genus.
Eurystomus beremedensis ^[95]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jenö Kessler	Late Pliocene	MN 16	Hungary	A new species of Eurystomus, Coraciidae.
Flexomornis howei ^[96]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Ronald S. Tykoski Anthony R. Fiorillo	Campanian	Woodbine Formation	USA: Texas	An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. This is the type species of the new genus.
Geronticus olsoni ^[80]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Cécile Mourer-Chauviré Denis Geraads	Late Pliocene	Ahl al Oughlam	Morocco	A Threskiornithidae, a species of Geronticus.
Glaucidium baranensis ^[95]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Jenö Kessler	Late Pliocene	MN 15-16	Hungary	A new species of Glaucidium, Strigidae.
Gyps bochenskii ^[97]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Zlatozar N. Boev	Late Pliocene	MN 17	Bulgaria	A new species of Gyps, Accipitridae.
Hollanda luceria ^[98]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Alyssa K. Bell Luis M. Chiappe Gregory M. Erickson Shigeru Suzuki Mahito Watabe Rinchen Barsbold K. Tsogtbaatar	Campanian	Barun Goyot Formation	Mongolia	A predatory ground bird known from an unusual hind limb. This is the type species of the new genus.
Huoshanornis huji ^[99]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Wang Xia Zhang Zihui Gao Chunling Hou Lianhan Meng Qingjin Liu Jinyuan	Early Cretaceous	Jiufotang Formation	China	An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981. This is the type species of the new genus.
Inkayacu paracasensis ^[100]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Julia A. Clarke Daniel T. Ksepka Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi Ali J. Altamirano Matthew D. Shawkey Liliana D’Alba Jakob Vinther Thomas J. DeVries Patrice Baby	Late Eocene	Ica Region	Peru	A giant Spheniscidae and the type species of the new genus.
Intiornis inexpectatus ^[101]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Emilio Novas Federico L. Agnolín Carlos A. Scanferla	Campanian	Las Curtiembres Formation	Argentina	An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, Avisauridae Brett-Surman et Paul, 1985, the type species of the new genus.
Kuiornis indicator ^[102]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Trevor H. Worthy Suzanne J. Hand Jacqueline M. T. Nguyen Alan J. D. Tennyson Jennifer P. Worthy R. Paul Scofield Walter E. Boles Michael Archer	Early Miocene	Altonian	New Zealand	A new genus and species of Acanthisittidae, it is the type species of the new genus.
Lamarqueavis australis ^[103]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Federico L. Agnolin	Late Cretaceous	Allen Formation, Campanian or Maastrichtian	Argentina	A Cimolopterygidae Brodkorb, 1963, this is the type species of the new genus.
Lamarqueavis minima ^[104]	Valid	Comb. nov.	Pierce Brodkorb	Late Cretaceous	Lance Formation	USA: Wyoming	A new genus for Cimolopteryx minima Brodkorb, 1963, transferred to Lamarqueavis by Agnolin, 2010.^[103]
Lamarqueavis petra ^[105]	Valid	Comb. nov.	Sylvia Hope	Late Cretaceous	Lance Formation	USA: Wyoming	A new genus for Cimolopteryx petra Hope, 2002, transferred to Lamarqueavis by Agnolin, 2010.^[103]
Leptoptilos robustus ^[106]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Hanneke J.M. Meijer Rokus Awe Due	Late Pleistocene	Liang Bua	Indonesia	A giant marabou stork, Ciconiidae.
Longicrusavis houi ^[107]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Jingmai K. O'Connor Gao Ke-Qin Luis M. Chiappe	Barremian	Yixian Formation	China	A Hongshanornithidae O’Connor, Gao et Chiappe, 2010, this is the type species of the new genus.
Lophogallus naranbulakensis ^[108]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Nikita V. Zelenkov Evgeny N. Kurochkin	Middle Miocene	Naran Bulak Formation	Mongolia	A Phasianidae, this is the type species of the new genus.
Matuku otagoense ^[109]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	R. Paul Scofield Trevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	An Ardeidae, the type species of the new genus.
Mogontiacopsitta miocaena ^[110]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Gerald Mayr	Late Oligocene / Early Miocene	Mainz Basin	Germany: Rhineland-Palatinate	A small Psittacidae, the type species of the new genus.
Morsoravis sedilis ^[111]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Sara Bertelli Bent E. K. Lindow Gareth J. Dyke Luis M. Chiappe	Early Eocene	Fur Formation	Denmark	The type species of the new genus. A bird of uncertain phylogenetic placement; it might be a relative of Charadriiformes^[111] or a relative of the passerines and the extinct family Zygodactylidae.^[112] Maybe close to Pumiliornis tessellatus G. Mayr, 1999.^[112]^[113]
Oraristrix brea ^[114]	Valid	Comb. nov.	Kenneth E. Campbell Jr. Zbigniew M. Bocheński	Late Pleistocene	La Brea Tar Pits	USA: California	Strigidae, a new genus for Strix brea Howard (1933), the type species of the new genus.
Palaelodus aotearoa ^[115]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Trevor H. Worthy Alan J. D. Tennyson Michael Archer R. Paul Scofield	Early Miocene	Bannockburn Formation	New Zealand	A Phoenicopteriformes, Palaelodidae Stejneger, 1885.
Pelagornis chilensis ^[116]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Gerald Mayr David Rubilar-Rogers	Miocene	Bahia Inglesa Formation	Chile	A Pelagornithidae Fürbringer, 1888 with a large wingspan.
Perplexicervix microcephalon ^[117]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Gerald Mayr	Middle Eocene	Messel pit, MP 11	Germany: Hessen	A member of Neognathae Incertae Sedis. The type species of the new genus.
Plioperdix africana ^[80]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Cécille Mourer-Chauviré Denis Geraads	Late Pliocene	Casablanca	Morocco	A Phasianidae, Galliformes, a species of Plioperdix Kretzoi, 1955.
Presbyornis mongoliensis ^[118]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Evgeney N. Kurochkin Gareth J. Dyke	Late Paleocene	Bumbam Member of the Narabulag Svita	Mongolia	A Presbyornithidae Wetmore, 1926, Anseriformes.
Rhenanorallus rhenanus ^[110]	Valid	Gerald Mayr	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Late Oligocene / Early Miocene	MN 2a, Wiesbaden Formation, Mainz Basin	Germany: Rhineland-Palatinate	A small Rallidae, the type species of the new genus.
Shenqiornis mengi ^[119]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Wang Xuri Jingmai K. O'Connor Zhao Bo Luis M. Chiappe Gao Chunling Cheng Xiaodong	Aptian	Qiaotou Formation	China	An Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.
Shenshiornis primita ^[120]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Hu Dongyu Li Li Hou Lianhai Xu Xing	Aptian	Jiufotang Formation	China	A Sapeornithidae Zhou, 2006, this is the type species of the new genus.
Vastanavis cambayensis ^[121]	Valid	Sp. nov.	Gerald Mayr Rajendra S. Rana Kenneth D. Rose Ashok Sahni Kishor Kumar Lachham Singh Thierry Smith	Early Eocene	Ypresian	India	A Vastanavidae G. Mayr, Rana, Rose, Sahni, Kumar, Sing et T. Smith, 2010, basal Psittaciformes.
Zhongjianornis yangi ^[122]	Valid	Gen. nov. et Sp. nov.	Zhou Zhonghe Zhang Fucheng Li Zhiheng	Aptian	Jiufotang Formation	China	A beaked basal avialan

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes
Aetodactylus^[123]	Valid	Myers	Cenomanian	Tarrant Formation	United States	An ornithocheirid known only from a partial lower jaw.
Alanqa^[124]	Valid	Ibrahim Unwin et al.^{[CAL 30]}	Late Cretaceous	Kem Kem Beds	Morocco	An azhdarchid known only from five fragments of the front upper and lower jaws, and possibly a neck vertebra.
Archaeoistiodactylus^[125]	Valid	Lü Fucha	Middle Jurassic	Tiaojishan Formation	China	An istiodactylid^[125] or a poorly preserved specimen of Darwinopterus.^[126]
Darwinopterus^[127]	Valid	Lü Unwin et al.^{[CAL 31]}	Oxfordian	Tiaojishan Formation	China	A wukongopterid that was described as a derived rhamphorhynchoid with transitional characters connecting it with pterodactyloids.
D. linglongtaensis^[128]	Valid	Wang Kellner et al.^{[CAL 32]}	Late Jurassic	Daohugou Formation?	China	A second species of Darwinopterus
Dawndraco^[129]	Disputed	Kellner	Late Coniacian/Early Santonian	Niobrara Formation	USA	A pteranodontid. The type species is Dawndraco kanzai. Martin-Silverstone et al. (2017) consider this species to be a junior synonym of Pteranodon sternbergi.^[130]
Faxinalipterus^[131]	Valid	Bonaparte Schultz Soares	Late Triassic	Caturrita Formation	Brazil
Fenghuangopterus^[132]	Valid	Lü Fucha Chen	Middle Jurassic	Tiaojishan Formation	China	An earliest scaphognathine pterosaur.
Geosternbergia maiseyi^[129]	Valid	Kellner	Late Coniacian - Early Campanian	Sharon Springs Formation	USA	A pteranodontid.
Kunpengopterus^[128]	Valid	Wang Kellner et al.^{[CAL 32]}	Late Jurassic	Daohugou Formation?	China	A wukongopterid. The type species is Kunpengopterus sinensis.
Prejanopterus^[133]	Valid	Vidarte Calvo	Lower Aptian	Leza Formation	Spain
Sericipterus^[134]	Valid	Andres Clark Xing	Oxfordian	Shishugou Formation	China	A rhamphorhynchid with a nearly six foot wingspan.
Zhenyuanopterus^[135]	Valid	Lü	Barremian	Yixian Formation	China	A boreopterid.

2010 in archosaur paleontology

Newly named basal dinosauriforms

Newly named non-avian dinosaurs

Newly named birds

Newly named pterosaurs

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